Achille-Émile Othon Friesz

"Medici Fountain, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris" original etching

1937

Othon Friesz was a native of Le Havre France 1879-1949. He was a French artist of the Fauvist movement. He was a good friend of Raoul Dufy and met Matisse, Marquet and Rouault and exhibited with them in 1907. In his later years he painted in a style very different than his earlier years. He respected Cezanne's style of logical composition, simple tonality, solidity of volume and distinct separation of planes and a baroque flavor to his style. He is known for Fauve and traditional painting, landscapes, still lifes and figurative style. He admired the works of modernists. Hi works are in major museums throughout the world.